Yad
Yad turns plain-language instructions into actions in websites open in your logged-in browser.
What Yad is
Yad turns plain-language instructions into actions in websites open in your logged-in browser. It can click, type, navigate, fill forms and handle research tasks, with support for scheduled tasks and human approval steps. Its extension works with Chrome and Brave, but requires a free companion app that currently runs only on Windows. You can bring an AI provider key or use a local model; listed options include Groq, Google Gemini, OpenRouter and custom endpoints. Yad keeps selectors, past runs and learned fixes on your device for reuse, and the companion exposes a local API that accepts goals at POST localhost:3747/goal. The maker says sensitive fields such as passwords and card numbers are masked before content reaches an AI; local-model use keeps page content on the computer. The companion encrypts the AI key with Windows DPAPI, scoped to the user's account. Users can set a daily AI-call spending cap and stop calls with one click. Autonomous action on payment and checkout pages is blocked. The maker says Yad is not SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certified.
Good
- Works with logged-in browser sessions
- Supports form filling and research tasks
- Local task memory reuses selectors and learned fixes
- Daily AI-call spending cap and one-click stop
Watch out
- Companion app currently runs only on Windows
- Extension works only in Chrome and Brave
- Payment and checkout pages are blocked from autonomous action
- Maker says Yad is not SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certified
Who it suits
Yad suits people who want to automate browser tasks in their logged-in sessions, including form filling and research. It requires Windows for the companion app and Chrome or Brave for the extension.
Verdict
Yad is aimed at browser automation that can use a personal logged-in session, with local memory and user controls for AI calls. The Windows companion requirement and checkout restriction may rule it out for some workflows.
Plans and prices
From Yad's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Chrome extension and Windows companion · hosted team setups are arranged by contacting Yad · Free; bring your own AI key or use a local model |
The facts
Each one read from Yad's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI options
- You can bring an AI provider key or use a local model; the security page lists Groq, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, and custom endpoints as options.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Automation API
- The companion exposes a local API that accepts a goal at POST localhost:3747/goal.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Certification
- The maker states that Yad is not SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certified.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Hosted limits
- Hosted runs cannot use a user's personal logged-in session; tasks requiring that session must run locally, and hosted setups have no self-serve signup.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Key security
- The companion encrypts the AI key with Windows DPAPI, scoped to the user's Windows account; the extension stores only the encrypted blob.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Local companion
- Yad requires a free companion app that runs on your computer, and the maker says it is currently Windows only.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The maker says passwords, card numbers, and sensitive page fields are masked before content reaches an AI, and local-model use keeps page content on the computer.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Spending and actions
- Users can set a daily AI-call spending cap and stop calls with one click, while payment and checkout pages are blocked from autonomous action.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Task memory
- Yad stores selectors, past runs, and learned fixes on your device so it can reuse them on later tasks.checked 3 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Yad takes plain-language instructions and clicks, types, and navigates websites in your own logged-in browser.checked 3 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browsers
- The extension works in Chrome and Brave.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The product page says Yad was built by Abdellah Ouadoudi.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Teams
- The maker offers hosted setups for repeatable jobs using public data or credentials provided for that job, with setup arranged by contacting the team.checked 3 Oct 2026
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